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I hope each of these facial recognition matches is reviewed by someone of the same race / skin color as the alleged perp. Often times to someone of a different
by wonderwonder 3y ago
I hope each of these facial recognition matches is reviewed by someone of the same race / skin color as the alleged perp. Often times to someone of a different race it can be hard to see differences that are obvious to those of the same race. I have heard both black and white people say "They all look the same to me" regarding people of the other race. I am sure the same applies to Asians.
- xwdv 3y agoSome races really do look more similar to each other than others. In America there is a high degree of mixed genes, that you don’t find in a more homogenous genetic pool such as Japan or places in Africa.
- LeoNatan25 3y agoIt’s just to your untrained eyes that they look “more similar”. No, all Asians do not look alike. Also, contrary to popular belief, they do age. And blacks do “crack”. They just have different patterns of progressions, and your brain is not trained to notice the nuances.
- stormfather 3y agoGo to Korea and look around on the subway. There is objectively less phenotypical variety there.
- LeoNatan25 3y agoThat's a silly argument. Go to Norway (or elsewhere in Scandinavia)—there is "objectively less phenotypical variety there" too; would you extrapolate that all caucasians look alike?
- xwdv 3y agoI am almost certain Asians (not Indians etc) look more alike than other races. Sure, there may be differences that let you identify an individual, but at a distance of say 20 feet, can you resolve those differences and identify who you’re looking at? Clothes and hair styles might help, but if not available can you simply identify a face? You’d need a close look and a lot of practice. What about if they wear a mask? When an Asian wears a mask, they could almost be anybody. Asians are even more androgynous than other races too so it’s possible to not even know if they are male or female without further context, typically hair and body shape. I’m not even sure what a “typical” white or black person looks like, but the typical Asian always seems to be straight black hair and certain shapes of eyes and light skin tone. Am I crazy or is this accurate?
- LeoNatan25 3y agoThere is great variety in "Asian" look. A Vietnamese does not look like a Japanese, who does not look anything like a Filipino, who in turn, does not look like an Eskimo. They are all "Asians"—they have the typical "Asian" features—but look very differently, just as a Scandinavian looks "similar" to a Bulgarian, but distinct enough.
- Gibbon1 3y agoI don't think Japanese look homogeneous personally.
- yieldcrv 3y agoyes, but you learn to look for other things. a mixture of walking patterns, hair lines, other nuances. you have to learn. btw subsaharan Africa has the most genetic diversity on the planet.
- klyrs 3y agoAs a white person who grew up as a minority in my neighborhood, I have trouble distinguishing between white people with the same haircut, a problem I never seem to have with people of color. I don't think the race of a person is what matters, so much as the environment their brains were trained on.
- yieldcrv 3y agoOh man its nothing more validating than watching people of the same race mistake one person in their friend group for another, after being casually called racist for doing the same thing towards the same two individuals